Conservative TV and radio personality Glenn Beck has endorsed Democrat
Dan Adler in the California 36th Congressional District
special election, taking place this Tuesday, May 17th.

During his Friday radio show, Beck spent several minutes dissecting the
Adler campaign's television ads and online videos, calling Adler's ads
"amazing" and "tremendous."

The show paid particular attention to the Adler ads with the theme "Send
a Mensch to Congress." A Beck sidekick said of one of those ads,
entitled "Stick Together," that "this is a great ad!" See the ads--as
well as videos describing what a Mensch is--here: Adler2011.com

In the course of the seven minute segment, Beck and his cohorts
ridiculed the Asian American and other minority voters who make up
nearly 50% of California's 36th District. Then a confused Beck endorsed
Adler's candidacy, stating that Californians deserve to see Adler in
Congress and that "you're going to love him." He also paralleled the
Adler campaign's attempts to break down racial boundaries to President
Obama's recent exhortation to Hispanic voters to stick together.

Beck's behavior remained somewhat bizarre throughout the show. Beyond
endorsing a Democrat in Tuesday's special election while offending
minority voters, at one point he mused about asking his wife "to
renounce Jesus Christ," apparently a descriptive he uses when talking
about people of the Jewish faith.

Reached today on his bus tour of the 36th District, Adler
said: "Our ads and our entire campaign have been about trying to alert 36th
District voters that there is a special election on Tuesday. History
shows a Democrat is going to win this seat, and I'm in this election to
win it. The only question for voters is, 'which Democrat do you want?'
Voters need to decide that and make sure they vote on Tuesday. Our
participative democracy works best when more people participate in it."

"Being Glenn Beck's endorsed candidate in the race is an odd position
for a Democrat, but I do understand his preference for someone from the
private sector rather than one of the three Democratic professional
politicians who are running. And since a Democrat is ultimately going to
win the seat, there is a strange logic to it, I guess," said Adler.

To get as many people to the polls on Tuesday as possible, the Adler
campaign made a significant online advertising buy today featuring a
donkey to put a humorous reminder video in front of the voters. See the
video here: Adler2011.com

Dan Adler is a new media entrepreneur, a producer and a former Vice
President at Walt Disney Imagineering. His campaign recently announced
he intends to Change Congress by taking up to 5 qualified Citizen
Legislators from the District with him to Washington in staff positions.
For more information on the pledge and Adler's professional background
and family, go to Adler2011.com

California's 36th Congressional District is made up of
Venice, Marina del Rey, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach,
Hermosa Beach, Torrance, San Pedro and parts of West Los Angeles.